Canada



W. M. CHACE.

y AUTOMATIC IIALvE. 'APPLICATION FILED IuIIE 25, 1911.

vPatented D60. 2., A1919.

II'Il A TTR/VEY cierran srArEs PATENT onrion.

WILLIAMYM. CHACE, on VANCOUVER, BRITISH coLUMBIA,Y CANADA.

AUTOMATIC VALVE.

To all whomt may concern:

Be it known that I, WIIIIIAM M. ORAGE,

citizen of the United States, and resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, whose postoftice address'is Genl Delivery, saidy Vancouver, have invented a new and useful 1mprovement in Automatic Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in automatic valves for controlling the supply of water to a tank or tub such vas is employed in 'laundries and other like uses.' The invention has for its vobject the provision of a valve of simpleY construction `which will close with the water pressure and without such undue rapidity as 'will cause fluttering 0fV the movable valve member or the phenomenon known as water hammer.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a means for adjusting,4 the valves to various pressures of water so that the valve .will close under the slightest appreciable pressure as well as when the pressure is relatively great.

' A still further object of the invention. is the provision of means for automatically tripping the valve to cause it to close when the water in the tub has reached a predetermined height.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction of a valveand the adaptation and combination there with of said tripping devices as will be fully described in the Jfollowing specifications, illustrated by the `accompanying drawings and nally set forth inthe appended claims.

In said drawings Figure vertical section of .an automatic valve embodying my invention, the valve being shown in closed condition.

Fig. 2 is a sim'lar view showing the valve open. Y' I Y Fig. 3 is aplan view of Fig. 1. i "Fig 45 is a vertical sectional view of the movable valve member on an enlarged scale shown resting on its seat;

Referring to said views the reference number' 1 indicates a tank or tubsuch as is commonly employed in laundriesand 2 the water supply pipe leading thereinto, into which hot and Coldwater-are conducted Specication of Letters Patent.

Y and 8 spectively. Pipes 4 3 connecting with the- 1 is a view inv through their respective conduits such as indicated atv3. Y

A duplex valve body indicated generally by the numeral 5 is formed with an `outlet portion 6 communicatively connected with the pipe 2 and a pair of branched casings 7 forl hot Yand cold water supply, re-

source of hot and cold 4water supply respectively are connected to the lupper ends of said casings 7 and 8 Y As the valves included in casings 7 and 8 are substantially identical the detailed description of one of them will suice to explain the construction and mode of operation of both.

Referring to Fig. 1 the casing 8 is divided by a partition 10 into chambers 11 land 12 above andbelow said partition, respectively. Said partition is formed centrally with a valvepassageand the upper -faee of said partition constitutes a valve seat for a movable valve member 13, said valve member having a ber facing 15 arranged to contact with said seatlO. The valve member 13 is loosely mounted on a valve stem 16 in order that it may adjust itself to its seat andpreventany passage OfWaterthereby.- The valvemember will ordinarily remainpositioned on the stem 16, when elevated from itsYseat, but to guard against accidental .displacement itis formed with an annular slot 17 into which a pin 18 projects from the stem". A vertical slot 2O extends from the lower face of the valve member to the slot 17 rto allow for the passage of the pin'18 to within the slot 17. Y y kBelow said valve member 13 on the stem 16 is a rigidly mounted which and the valve member is interposed a collar comprised of a plurality7 of disks 22, concentrically apertured to receive said stem and mounted :loosely with respect to eachl other and the sleeve 21.

The diameter of said disks is slightly less than the diameter Aof the opening in the partitionlO so asto allow' approximately a sixteenth ofV 'an Vinch 'space Y therebetween when the valve is Vclosed or partially closed.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.1 Application filed June 25, 1917. Serial No. 176,893.

provided with -a` cylindrical compartment 2'3 in which, an enlarged portion 25-of the sleeve 21 is arranged to'reciprocate providf 35 y with fa ,hook 46 arranged to engage the head j 47 ofthe said dog 33, so that when the float ing a form of dash-pot and affording a suction to prevent the too rapid closing of the valve through the confinement of Huid in said chamber 23,' which when-the plunger moves downwardly as when the valve is closing, the fluid is caused to pass through a restrictedby-pass 26'and'is brought to its seat. Screw 27 is arranged to regulate the to cause the readily- The valve Vstem tomv of the valve gland 28 and terminates in a bifurcated end 30 to which an operating handle 31 is pivoted. Said stem is lfurther provided with a *plurality of ynotches '32 any one of which maybe engagedby a-spring :pressed dog 33 inorder thatvsaid valve member may be 16` passes through the botmaintained at any predetermined height to .which it may .be elevated byv means of the i handle 31.

tank 41. s 36 indicates aflioat retained -in saidV VRigidly connected to lsaid pipe 2 is; an open-topped `fluid chamber 35V communicatively connected near its bottom with the chamber l and provided withan axially arranged vertical stem 37 provided witha collar`38 adjustablezto various heights along its length, 40 indicates a trip bar having A one o'f-its vendsgapertured to receive the stem i posite end yis ber 13 to beseated 37 being pivoted at 41,;while its oplever L3`whose opposite endf'is journaled to a -transverse rod ,45 land provided'thereat 36 is elevated by the rise on watervin the chamber 35 to.v a predetermined height the Vcollar 38will engage the trip bar 40 which through its' intermediate rconme'ctionsfwill depress -the-outer end of vthe lever 43 and retract the 'dog 33 from its engagementwith therespective notches 32, thus.` releasing the `valve'stem 16 and allowing the valve mem,- through the .pressure of the water thereupon. -Y i 'Y s It lwill' bei understood that lvalve .bodies- 7 and 8 will both conduct theiuidslowing therethrough-tothe portion` 6 yand that one V of said bo'dieswill* control the'passage of hot lwater 'andthe other p'eratures ofthe `water of'cold water. `The operator in determining the :relative temflowing' through each o'f-'s'aid'lvalves and the *temperatures of the water inthe tub whichwilliadjust the open;

ings afforded between the fva'lvemembers; 13

and theirseats by manipulating the handle 3landrsecuring the valve-seatsat suchposis II'lustV be :elevated Yto considerableV extent beioreY ai relatively Afull fvolume. of water can 'But-:when the y.stemV tions by means vofithedog o-wtheV` relative f closeness `of the disks 22A to' s 33.. 1 By' fmeans the fbottom 'ofthe' valve 13- .the valve stem pass .by the 122,v

thus gradually-v eiective size of the by-pass valve to seat more or less l l vwith-'which the valve body 7 through a packedv lstem and valve-member -connected by a link 42 toV al Y its springv and `a'link j end ofsaid'lever arm- YV16 is released toallow the valve to close,

said disks will partially shut off the opening in the partition 10 almost immediately and prevent any undue suction or drawing of the water from below,"while'the pressure from above will 'feet-in Yclosing'the Vvalve; l L Y Y It is found that a reduction of thenum'- ber'of disks 22 in order to decrease their aggregate thickness increases the rapidity will close, therefore,

heavy pressures a relaexert its full force and efunder. extraordinary tively large number of'disks 'are' utilizedv while if the pressuresunder which the val-ve is intended to work are less the number of disks 22fis reducedfac'cordingly.

Y What-,I claim iszr- 1'; Al valvev of, the class described, embody` Y ing` a Vvalve casing, a stem extendingaxially upward `throughfthe bottom of said casing and having a-plurality of notches lprovided therein, a looselymounted valve-member on the upper'extremityfosaid stemrarranged to lclose `the' passage ,through'said casing in described, embodysaid valvestem 1 in re-V a stem extending axially `dogadapted to s n and having a plurality'of notches 'provided y therein, a loosely mounted valve-member on thefupper extremity ofsaidstem"arranged to close thev passage v'through saidcasing in response .to pressure of fluid, afhandle ,op-f

lower end offsa'id x eratively connected to the valvestem to raise said lvalve ott' -ofits seat,

a spring pressed'ldog adapted to engage within lthe notches, maintainsaid valve'member in a :raised Vv'pos sition, a fluid chamber, a'iioatin-said chamberV and having ean 'upwa-rdly projecting in*V saidVv val-ve stem to stem provided withA a collar, `a-tr1p lever Var-YV Y ranged to be engaged fbysaidcollar, a fixed bracket "to which/'said trip lever is pivoted, a lever arm in engagement withsald dog to said trip lever whereby*when said float raises the inner end ofsaid trip lever `said valve stemfwillbe'released. Y

j- 3.V A valveof the class kdescribedcomprising a' valve 1casinghavingv afpartition there- 1n 'formed With,an.aperture,.fa valve stemv Vwithdraw saiddog against the pressureV of i( Y connectingthe .outer 'i withthel oute'rend of extending through said aperture, a valve member removably secured on the upper end of said Valve stem, a sleeve on said stem below said Valve member and a plurality of disks removably interposed between said valve member and said sleeve said disks being of slightly less diameter than the aperture in said partition and constituting a cylindrical projection below said valve member the thickness of which may be 10 varied by varying the number of disks to regulate its retarding effect on the closing of the valve.

Signed this 8th day of June, 1917.

WILLIAM M. CHACE. 

